hamn

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === hamn f or m (definite singular hamna or hamnen, indefinite plural hamner, definite plural hamnene) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by havn == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑmn/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō. ==== Noun ==== hamn f (definite singular hamna, indefinite plural hamner, definite plural hamnene) port, harbour ===== Derived terms ===== båthamn lufthamn ==== See also ==== havn (Bokmål) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hamn imperative of hamna === References === “hamn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hamn/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish hamn, hampn, from Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō. ==== Noun ==== hamn c a port (dock or harbor) a harbor, a haven (place or circumstance providing security) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Swedish hamber or hampn (“costume, appearance, shape”), inherited from Old Norse hamr. ==== Noun ==== hamn c (folklore, mythology) outward figure Synonyms: skepnad, form ===== Alternative forms ===== ham hamm ===== Derived terms ===== === References === hamn in Svensk ordbok (SO) hamn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hamn (3) in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online. hamn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)